Search Results - "Sapiano, M."
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Sixty years of global progress in managed aquifer recharge
Published in Hydrogeology journal (01-02-2019)“…The last 60 years has seen unprecedented groundwater extraction and overdraft as well as development of new technologies for water treatment that together…”
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Establishing a global climatology of marine phytoplankton phenological characteristics
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (01-08-2012)“…The timing or phenology of the annual cycle of phytoplankton biomass can be monitored to better understand the underpinnings of the marine ecosystem and assess…”
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An Intercomparison and Validation of High-Resolution Satellite Precipitation Estimates with 3-Hourly Gauge Data
Published in Journal of hydrometeorology (01-02-2009)“…The last several years have seen the development of a number of new satellite-derived, globally complete, high-resolution precipitation products with a spatial…”
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Can seawater desalination be a win-win fix to our water cycle?
Published in Water research (Oxford) (01-09-2020)“…While we increasingly turn to desalination as a secure water supply, it is still perceived as an expensive and environmentally damaging solution, affordable…”
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Perfluoroalkyl substances in the Maltese environment – (II) sediments, soils and groundwater
Published in The Science of the total environment (10-09-2019)“…The presence of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in sediments and groundwater on the Maltese Islands is reported here for the first time. Sediments and soil…”
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The Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Analysis (New Version 2.3) and a Review of 2017 Global Precipitation
Published in Atmosphere (01-01-2018)“…The new Version 2.3 of the GPCP Monthly analysis is described in terms of changes made to improve the homogeneity of the product, especially after 2002. These…”
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Phenology of marine phytoplankton from satellite ocean color measurements
Published in Geophysical research letters (01-01-2009)“…Climate change is expected to affect the timing and magnitude of numerous environmental conditions, including temperature, wind, and precipitation. Amongst…”
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A new merged analysis of precipitation utilizing satellite and reanalysis data
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres (27-11-2008)“…Many merged multi‐source global analyses of precipitation exist, including the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) analysis and the CPC Merged…”
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Modes of multi-decadal oceanic precipitation variations from a reconstruction and AR4 model output for the 20th century
Published in Geophysical research letters (01-07-2009)“…Monthly oceanic precipitation variations are available from satellite observations beginning 1979 and from models for earlier periods, and both the…”
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Groundwater residence time and movement in the Maltese islands – A geochemical approach
Published in Applied geochemistry (01-05-2010)“…The Maltese islands are composed of two limestone aquifers, the Upper and Lower Coralline Limestone separated by an aquitard, the ‘Blue Clay’. The Lower…”
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Diagnosis of Variability and Trends in a Global Precipitation Dataset Using a Physically Motivated Statistical Model
Published in Journal of climate (01-09-2006)“…A physically motivated statistical model is used to diagnose variability and trends in wintertime (October–March) Global Precipitation Climatology Project…”
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Improved Geolocation and Earth Incidence Angle Information for a Fundamental Climate Data Record of the SSM/I Sensors
Published in IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing (01-03-2013)“…The long-term data record of microwave imager data from the series of six Special Sensor Microwave/Imagers (SSM/Is) on board the Defense Meteorological…”
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A risk assessment methodology to evaluate the risk failure of managed aquifer recharge in the Mediterranean Basin
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (08-06-2018)“…Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) can be affected by many risks. Those risks are related to different technical and non-technical aspects of recharge, like water…”
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Toward an Intercalibrated Fundamental Climate Data Record of the SSM/I Sensors
Published in IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing (01-03-2013)“…Multiple independent intercalibration techniques are used to derive calibration adjustments for the development of a fundamental climate data record of…”
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An isotope study of the sources of nitrate in Malta’s groundwater
Published in Journal of hydrology (Amsterdam) (11-01-2012)“…► Examines sources of nitrate in some of Europe’s highest nitrate groundwaters. ► Measures, rather than assumes isotope composition of potential sources. ►…”
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state of water resources in major Mediterranean islands
Published in Water resources (01-11-2014)“…This work analyses the state of water resources in six Mediterranean islands: Corsica, Crete, Cyprus, Mallorca, Malta and Sicily. The analysis is focused on…”
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